shā​shēng

to kill living beings

  • created reference approved 杀生/殺生 → 五戒 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀生 / 殺生 shā​shēng

    五戒 wǔ​jiè

    see

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  • created sense approved 杀生/殺生 · shā​shēng · to kill living beings — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀生 / 殺生

    shā​shēng

    to kill living beings

    to take the life of a living creature; to slaughter animals

    杀, 生

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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  • created sense approved 杀生/殺生 · shā​shēng · killing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀生 / 殺生

    shā​shēng

    killing

    the act of taking life, particularly as one of the Five Precepts [[五戒|五戒|wu3 jie4]] in Buddhism which forbids killing sentient beings

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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